Comments on: Billy & Charley’s Curious Leaden Figures https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Katya https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238989 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:10:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238989 One could assume these resourceful fellows derived a bit of pleasure from an understanding that humans love to be dazzled by magic, real or otherwise. Whether the beguilement is a carefully staged seance, a fleeting figure in an artfully crumpled photograph, indeed, a battered trinket unearthed from the mud, such sorcery becomes, magically, more endearing than criminal.
Thank you, Gentle Author, for unearthing this gem.

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238882 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:36:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238882 It appears tht every generation had its Dell boys.
The comments of the so called experts admiring the works remind me of the comments made by 20th century “experts” when Esther Ransom and her team set up a fake art exhibition and invited the public to view the “exhibition” where hidden cameras filmed their reactions.
Gary

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238684 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:26:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238684 Remarkable, extraordinary, exciting — not only for that time when they were made.

ACHIM

]]> By: belle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238651 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:21:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238651 I love their work, it’s so alive.

]]> By: Libby Hall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238633 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:04:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238633 How wonderful to see more of this fabulous collection. My favourite this time is ‘Aghast’ (perfect caption) closely followed by ‘Weary Conqueror’.

What marvellous things the Gentle Author finds to share with us.

]]> By: Annabel Mallia https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/01/14/billy-charleys-curious-leaden-figures/#comment-238629 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:55:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=105748#comment-238629 A cardinal’s chess set maybe?

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